Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Environmental Protection Agency Disposition: Protest denied. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: GAO denied the protest of Coastal Environmental Group, Inc. regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) award of a contract to PK Management Group under an invitation for bids (IFB), for remediation of lead contaminated soil in Omaha, Nebraska. The IFB provided
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Lamar Strong Associates, LLC Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest is denied where the agency reasonably concluded that the protester’s proposal was unacceptable and ineligible for award because it did not demonstrate that an individual proposed for a key personnel position had the experience required
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Maritime Institute Inc. Agency: Department of the Navy Disposition: Protest Denied. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Requirement in a solicitation for logistics training for mariners, that proposals include the resumes and signed employment letters of intent for key personnel, is unobjectionable, where the agency has provided a reasonable explanation for the requirement. General
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Vinculum Solutions, Inc. Agency: Department of the Treasury Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency improperly assigned weakness to protester’s proposal under key personnel subfactor based on information provided in protester’s final proposal revision transmittal letter is denied where, notwithstanding statement in solicitation that agency would consider résumés under
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Kevcon, Inc. Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest that agency improperly evaluated proposals is denied where the record shows the agency’s evaluation was reasonable and consistent with the terms of the solicitation and applicable procurement statutes and regulations. General Counsel PC Highlight: Kevcon, Inc. protested
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Agency: Department of Homeland Security Disposition: Protest Denied. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest of agency’s evaluation of protester’s key personnel is denied where the record shows that the agency reasonably found that some of the protester’s key personnel failed to satisfy minimum requirements identified in the solicitation. General Counsel PC
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: Y&K Maintenance, Inc. Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Sustained in part, Denied in part. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest of an agency’s evaluation of the awardee’s proposal under a key personnel experience evaluation factor is sustained where the agency did not evaluate the experience of the awardee’s proposed key personnel
Link: GAO Decision Protestor: TAG Mississippi Enterprises, LLC Agency: Department of the Army Disposition: Protest Denied. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GAO Digest: Protest challenging agency’s evaluation of protester’s proposal is denied where evaluation was reasonable and consistent with terms of the solicitation. General Counsel P.C. Highlight: TAG Mississippi Enterprises, LLC protested the award to Terra Construction, Inc. of
Link: GAO Opinion Agency: Department of Justice Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Blanket purchase order; Key personnel; Resumes General Counsel P.C. Highlight: It is the offeror’s obligation to insure that all resumes submitted in response to an RFQ are responsive to the Government’s requests. —————————————————————————————————————————– After issuing a request for quotations (RFQ) to establish a blanket
Link: GAO Opinion Agencies: Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Office of Applied Science, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Disposition: Protest denied. Keywords: Experience/past performance; Key personnel —————————————————————————————————————————– The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) issued a request for quotations (RFQ) in August of 2009, describing the scope of work as